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Juniper EX Series EX4500 — End-of-Life & EOSL Dates

Juniper EX Series EX4500 — switch. Published end-of-sale (last order) and end-of-support (EOSL) dates from Juniper JTAC End-of-Life bulletins.

Is the Juniper EX Series EX4500 end of life?

Past end of service
10/100
Little or no runway
Support Runway Score

Every tracked Juniper EX Series EX4500 SKU group is past Juniper end of service life (last group Dec 2022). Units in production should be treated as unsupported. For past-EOSL units, weigh third-party maintenance, spares, replacement, or a documented run-to-failure.

Why this score
  • Past end of service life — 127 months ago
  • Vendor-published date, source-linked
  • Category: switch

The score reflects support-lifecycle timing and source confidence only — higher means more support runway. It is not a risk, safety or compliance rating. How it’s calculated →

Action priority
Critical
Every tracked part number is past end of service life — unsupported by the vendor.
EOSL range
Jan 2016 – Dec 2022
Part numbers
15
Confidence
Vendor-published date
Last verified
Aug 2026
Source
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EX4500

EOSL — PAST
127 mo
past end of service
now
availableend of saleservice
End of saleJan 2011
End of serviceJan 2016Juniper bulletin ↗

2 SKUs in this group

EX4500

EOSL — PAST
92 mo
past end of service
now
availableend of saleservice
End of saleDec 2013
End of serviceDec 2018Juniper bulletin ↗

4 SKUs in this group

EX4500

EOSL — PAST
75 mo
past end of service
now
availableend of saleservice
End of saleMay 2016
End of serviceMay 2020Juniper bulletin ↗

2 SKUs in this group

EX4500

EOSL — PAST
63 mo
past end of service
now
availableend of saleservice
End of saleMay 2016
End of serviceMay 2021Juniper bulletin ↗

2 SKUs in this group

EX4500

EOSL — PAST
44 mo
past end of service
now
availableend of saleservice
End of saleMay 2016
End of serviceDec 2022Juniper bulletin ↗

5 SKUs in this group

Options from here

Unsupported now

The Juniper EX Series EX4500 is past Juniper end of service life. These are the paths teams take from here:

Third-party maintenance

Keep it in production past the OEM cutoff with an independent maintainer.

Pre-stock spares

Buy spares now, while units still circulate on the secondary market.

Plan replacement

It is unsupported today — set a migration timeline and budget.

Run to failure

Low-criticality role — document the risk, harden backups, retire on your terms.

Independent and informational — EOSL.ai sells no hardware or maintenance and lists no paid placements. Third-party maintenance keeps unsupported gear in production past the OEM cutoff; whether it fits depends on the asset's role.

EX Series EX4500 — questions

Is the Juniper EX Series EX4500 end of life?

Yes — every tracked EX4500 SKU group is past its last date of support.

What is the last date of support for the EX4500?

Last dates of support across EX4500 SKU groups range from Jan 2016 to Dec 2022.

Where do these EX4500 dates come from?

Every end-of-sale and end-of-service-life date on this page links to the official Juniper end-of-sale bulletin it was taken from.

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Juniper EX Series EX4500 EOL / EOSL status
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